Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 87

Ref. 18238 Yellow Gold ?Day-Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 18238, case No. T573541. Made in 1996. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with day and date display on an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve The Billy Blanks Collection

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and Oyster crown, reeded bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Off-white with Rolex logo decoration, applied yellow gold radial Arabic numerals, apertures for the quick-set day and date. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3155, rhodiumplated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.